Cardano Foundation Releases Mesmo Library for Cross-Language Blockchain Development
The Cardano Foundation has released Mesmo, an open-source native shared library designed for blockchain development in four languages: Python, Go, Rust, and JavaScript. This library simplifies access to Cardano's core functionality, reducing integration work for developers building applications on the network.
Mesmo is a C application programming interface (API) that allows existing software development kits (SDKs) to access Cardano's underlying implementation through foreign function interfaces (FFI). Developers can call the library using FFI, enabling applications written in different programming languages to use the same implementation.
The library covers several core Cardano operations, including staking, payments, key generation from seed phrases, and address validation. It also supports Conway-era governance functions, such as delegated representative (DRep) registration, voting, and treasury transactions.